The baby name Barnett is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAR-nit (IPA: /ˈbɑːrnɪt/ or /ˈbɑrnət/).
Barnett is English in Origin.
The baby name Barnett is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced BAR-nit (IPA: /ˈbɑːrnɪt/ or /ˈbɑrnət/).
Barnett is English in Origin.
Barnett is an English surname-turned-given name with layered roots. One strand is toponymic, denoting someone from Barnet (now in Greater London), the place-name from Old English baernet, "land cleared by burning." Another derives from the medieval personal name Barnard/Bernard, formed from Germanic elements bern "bear" + hard "brave, hardy," which produced many Middle English spellings that settled as Barnett.
As a given name it rose in Britain and the United States in the 18th-19th centuries, peaking around the late Victorian to early twentieth century before fading to rare status. Within Anglo-Jewish communities it was sometimes adopted as an English equivalent for Baruch ("blessed") or alongside Bernard. Variants include Barnet and Barnette; related forms are Bernard and Barnard. Common short forms are Barney and Barny. Depending on lineage, Barnett can signify "burned clearing" or "strong/brave as a bear."
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NA | 0 | #33 | 1 | 2,537 | |
| JM | 0 | #93 | 1 | 3,714 | |
| TW | 0 | #103 | 1 | 4,523 | |
| KW | 0 | #121 | 1 | 5,216 | |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| MO | Boys | 0 | #234 | 1 | 5,842 |
| PT | 0 | #250 | 1 | 4,161 | |
| NA | Boys | 0 | #253 | 1 | 6,830 |
| TW | Boys | 0 | #254 | 3 | 7,111 |
| JM | Girls | 0 | #278 | 1 | 7,507 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #291 | 3 | 6,876 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #328 | 4 | 9,639 |
| HK | 0 | #356 | 2 | 8,483 | |
| GH | Boys | 0 | #360 | 2 | 8,138 |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #408 | 1 | 11,440 |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BO | Boys | 0 | #622 | 1 | 9,244 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #821 | 6 | 15,093 |
| United States | Boys | 2015 | #881 | 5 | 7,337 |
| PE | Boys | 0 | #926 | 1 | 14,506 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #998 | 4 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,032 | 2 | 16,355 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,161 | 18 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,177 | 6 | 25,439 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,253 | 2 | 19,440 |
Barnett is popular in 23 countries — most recent births per country:
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